Nashville Predators vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 20, 2006 · United Center
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Predators 29–19.
Paul Kariya scored twice. Martin Havlat also scored.
Chris Mason made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 17 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Havlat (12)Peter Bondra (2)0–114:24 CHI
3rd period
Paul Kariya (8)David Legwand (14), Kimmo Timonen (14)1–106:41 NSH
Paul Kariya (9)Martin Erat (24), Kimmo Timonen (15)2–112:58 NSH ·
Team stats
NSHCHI
1929
50%50%
1/50/7
1410
913
1214
32
22
Penalties
- 0:26 into the first period
Peter Bondra · high sticking2 min
- 3:03 into the first period
Jerred Smithson · high sticking2 min
- 4:28 into the first period
Martin Lapointe · hooking2 min
- 17:05 into the first period
Ryan Suter · tripping2 min
- 4:48 into the second period
Ryan Suter · holding the stick2 min
- 6:04 into the second period
Kimmo Timonen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 9:14 into the second period
James Wisniewski · hooking2 min
- 15:57 into the second period
David Legwand · holding2 min
- 0:54 into the third period
Denis Arkhipov · interference2 min
- 6:56 into the third period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:39 into the third period
Jassen Cullimore · hooking2 min
- 17:33 into the third period
Shea Weber · holding2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 9Paul KariyaL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 20:04 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 12Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:45 |
| 17Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:37 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:11 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:20 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:11 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris MasonG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 25:29 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 11Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 14Rene BourqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 16Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:02 |
| 19Denis ArkhipovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 22Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 57Karl StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:24 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:08 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 6Lasse KukkonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:11 |
| 23Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:54 |
| 33Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:03 |
| 43James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 19 | 2 | .895 |